Mount Pleasant police confirmed Monday afternoon that 14-year-old Ruby Zavala — who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued Sunday — has been found safe. Her alleged abductor, 22-year-old Jesus Ramirez, is in custody facing initial charges of aggravated assault and three counts of kidnapping. "The family is ecstatic that their daughter's been recovered," […]

Titus County (KETK) — UPDATE: Mount Pleasant Police say at around 1 p.m. Sunday, a mother and her two children were kidnapped from Saint Michaels Catholic Church, 1403 E. First St. in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Police say the three were taken by knife point by a known suspect from the parking lot of the church. Police […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Albuquerque police said that off-duty officers played a vital role in stopping a rampage in a northwest Albuquerque church on Sunday. Police said on Sunday afternoon, Lawrence Capener, 24, leaped from his seat, jumped over pews and charged the St. Jude Church choir director, Adam Alvarez. Witnesses said Capener was yelling "fake preacher" […]

Gerald Madrid said he was stabbed during morning mass at St. Jude Thaddeus, a Catholic church in Northwest Albuquerque. Madrid, 53, told Action 7 News from his hospital bed at the University of New Mexico Hospital Sunday evening the man "had a knife and he stabbed me five times in the back." The stabbing rampage began late […]

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Neighbors and the pastor of St. Jude Thaddeus Church are giving some insight into the man accused of stabbing four people at the northwest Albuquerque church on Sunday. Lawrence Capener, 24, was arrested at the church Sunday afternoon. Witnesses say during one of the final hymns, Capener got up from his pew, […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – When a man reportedly rushed a church choir near the end of Sunday mass and started stabbing people , several people rushed toward the choir to help. KRQE News 13 learned more about the people who chose to put themselves in harms way when they had a split second to take […]

2:30 p.m. Four members of the choir were stabbed during church services this morning at St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in Northwest Albuquerque, police said. Two of the four were critically injured, according to an emailed statement from APD spokesman Rob Gibbs, and all are expected to survive. The church service was closing, Gibbs wrote, and […]

Sharon police are investigating swastika graffiti found on the Victory Assembly of God church Friday evening, Sergeant Hugh Cameron said. He declined to release details of the investigation. Robert Trestan, New England regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said he heard about the vandalism on a news website and found it unsettling. Church officials did […]

An Anglican minister whose historic church hall in the inner west was gutted by fire at the weekend said he suspected the blaze had been deliberately lit. The Holy Trinity Anglican Church building in Dulwich Hill was found well alight when fire crews responded to multiple triple-0 calls at 3.45am on Sunday. The severely damaged […]

Since the end of communism in Albania, an increasing number of priceless works of art have been stolen from Orthodox churches. Now, a theft that left historic frescoes destroyed has finally caused an uproar. With knives and axes, art thieves destroyed historic frescoes in a small church in Elbasan in central Albania in January. In […]

A Violet woman is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the church where she worked, embezzling the money since 2006, St. Bernard Parish authorities said. Trinette Johnson, 39, surrendered Friday to the parish jail after learning a judge had signed a warrant or her arrest for felony theft, authorities said. The Sheriff's Office said […]

TEMPLE TERRACE — Two 12-year-olds are suspected of setting a fire on the roof of a church Tuesday night, authorities said. A report of the fire at Perfected Love International Fellowship, 10960 N 56th St., came about 9:19 p.m. Tuesday, the department said. Firefighters arrived to find flames on the roof and quickly put out […]

EASTVALE — A Beaver Falls man has been charged after police said he sexually assaulted a woman in a church basement. A Beaver Falls police report said Brian Zalucky, 24, of 309 Eighth St. was charged April 1 with sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and unlawful restraint. According to the police report, a […]

Norcross Police believe a 19-year-old lied about members of a local church kidnapping her and cutting off her dress as part of a religious ritual. According to the original police report, the Norcross woman told investigators that she went to the Warehouse Church, a small, non-denominational congregation located at 6191 Atlantic Boulevard in the city, […]

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